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The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice
Contributor(s): Labberton, Mark (Author), Ortberg, John (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0830834141     ISBN-13: 9780830834143
Publisher: IVP
OUR PRICE:   $18.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living - General
- Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources
LCCN: 2006038974
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 200 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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What's at stake in our worship? Everything. Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God's purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately, we often close our eyes to those around us, focusing on God but ignoring our neighbor. But true biblical worship does not merely point us upward--it should turn us outward as well. In this prophetic wake-up call for the contemporary church, pastor Mark Labberton reconnects Christian worship with biblical justice. From beginning to end, worship must pursue justice and seek righteousness, translating into transformed lives that care for the poor and the oppressed. Labberton shows how to move beyond the comfort of safe worship to authentic worship that is awake to the needs of the world.


Contributor Bio(s): Labberton, Mark: - Mark Labberton teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and directs the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching, which encourages the convergence of worship, preaching and justice (micahgroups.org). Previously Labberton served as senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. A senior fellow of the International Justice Mission, he is also the author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor.